re: Saban - year 3 at LSU got blown out multiple times

Had the momentum of the greatest team of all time been capitalized upon, you would have a point.

Let this give you some perspective, that Championship should have bought O 5 years of goodwill. He fricked the dog so badly that he was fired not even 2 full seasons later. That is how badly he ran our program into the ground. He burned up what should have been 5 years of grace in 18 short months, and what you saw last saturday was more a product of that than anything else.

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Saban took over a program that had been in the dark ages.

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I’m sorry but Dinardo had brought a bunch of talent to Baton Rouge and we had several stops in the top 10.

He’s the guy that brought us out of the dark ages and I hate revisionist historians denying that.

Because it’s a rebuild ya jackass… People are trying to compare to Lincoln and USC but what fricking conference do they play in?? One of the top teams in that conference got DEEP THROATED by UGA. It’s not excuses it’s just the reality of the situation. Just because the players and coaches wear LSU on their chest doesn’t mean they are automatically just better than everyone. You have to earn that. God our fan base is full of dumbasses.

Not enough for a full 2nd team on both sides of the ball. Program was left a cesspool by Orgeron who got rewarded with close to $20 Million.

Anyone wanting to "write the story" of the Kelly tenure after 6 games is ridiculous. LSU was picked to finish 5th in the SEC West this year. That they lost to a good Tennessee team SHOULD not be all that surprising.

However, there are valid reasons for questions this season. First and foremost, the offense seems to be getting worse. That's a concern. Yes, the QB is having his issues. But in football it is NEVER the fault of just one guy. LSU's offensive approach has been largely predictable and risk averse. Outside of Daniels, LSU flat out can't run the ball. Of course, some of that is due to a young and frankly (at this point) marginally talented OL. But there has been no adjustment to the approach the running game. Hell, even after 6 games of no production last season Jake Peetz changed his approach. Kelly and Denbrock seem hell-bent they are going to make TEs an integral part of the offense...even though that is far and away the weakest position on the field. Why waste time with two TE sets when you, yourself, have said the TEs can't block. Maybe in the future the TE becomes a big part of the team. But not this year. Overall, though there doesn't seem to be any strong desire to revise what has been an anemic offensive approach. No, LSU isn't going to transform into Tennessee in one week. But clearly what they are doing isn't working

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LSU also had more than 39 players available for it’s last game in 1999.

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In fact, the cupboard was not bare as the Sabanistas would have folks believe. Dinardo was stubborn and had a range of flaws - loyalty to the point of fault among them.

But what he wasn't was a bad football coach. He was an underrated recruiter, as well. The player development trailed off at the end and the last couple of years it just wasn't a sound football team, but he handed Saban a team L-O-A-D-E-D with talent.

Not 1, not 2, but 3 NFL QBs. Damned fine offensive and defensive lines. All-American linebackers (plural). A Biletnikoff WR. A NFL TE. Talented and experienced DBs who would play on Sundays. LSU's career leading punt returner (as well as career kick returner until Trindon Holliday).

So, whatever you want to say about Gerry Dinardo and "the collapse", he definitely brought back "The Magic" after Curley destroyed the program and did about 40% of the turnaround job for which Nick Saban gets 100% of the credit.

Deal with it.

Coincidently it was because we had to start a subpar QB at the time….
Exactly why I fully expect us to finish 9-4/8-5. Which is fine.

Do you think that LSU would beat USC right now?

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He also took a heisman candidate w college experience w him when he left OU

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Is that supposed to be a bad thing? He got players elite players out of the portal to improve his team. Since we're comparing Kelly to Saban, that's exactly what Bama did too.

Ok Saban won the SEC in year 2 as well

Let’s not shift the narrative like a hypocrite next year, ok?